One of the more enduring genres of music, one currently enjoying a modest increase in popularity, is folk music. The traditional genre often touches upon the quotidian topics of everyday life and ...

For its 38th annual conference, Folk Alliance International returned to New Orleans, home of their largest-ever event (2020’s draw of 3,600 people) and the epicenter of one of the nation’s great ...

Charlotte's folk music unites generations with songs that transcend time and tradition. Charlotte’s folk music scene blends banjos, fiddles, guitars, and diverse instruments. Rooted in old traditions, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Riley Baugus, a Walkertown native, grew up listening to blues and classic country musicians. At the age of 10, he started playing ...

The Missouri Old Time Jam meets on the first Monday of every month during MU's fall and spring semesters. Howard Marshall is the founder of the Missouri Old Time Jam, a monthly folk music jam session ...

Chelsea Burton is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. In the home of Rik Palieri, a country-roots and folk ...

This is Roger McGuinn's first album in a number of years, and it finds him moving both forward and backward at the same time. In some ways, at an alarming rate. It's a pure folk album, no doubt about ...

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed with a guitar, a harmonica, and a deep suspicion of authority. His songs ...

During the first weekend of September, folk music fans from around Chicagoland and beyond dusted off their flannels, dug up merchandise from their local breweries, and donned their Carhartt overalls ...